Almost €345,000 worth of fish and €55,000 worth of fishing gear was confiscated from a factory ship that was found to have equipment capable of dumping fish overboard.

The trial of Aisling Brady McCarthy, the Irish nanny accused of murdering a baby, will take place in October, it emerged following a hearing yesterday.

Department store chain House of Fraser has sold a majority stake in its business to Chinese conglomerate Sanpower in a deal worth £480 million.

Department store chain House of Fraser was today being linked to a £450m takeover by a conglomerate little known outside China.

A bloodstained blanket, pillow, and baby wipes were found at the Boston apartment where a baby girl is believed to have suffered fatal injuries.

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THERE has been an increase in the number of injuries to sports divers.

Department store chain House of Fraser announced record seasonal trading today despite the impact of December’s Arctic weather on pre-Christmas sales.

THE man who died after being impaled on railings when he jumped from the fourth floor of a fire-engulfed apartment building in Limerick has been named as Brian Power Close.

Shoppers' growing appetite for menswear and beauty products helped spur an "improving trend" in sales, UK department store chain House of Fraser said today.

House of Fraser today said it was ready to roll out a host of brands across its revamped department stores, despite facing “difficult” trading conditions.

ONE of the “finest lawyers of his generation” was among tributes made yesterday at Cork District Court to solicitor Gerrard McCarthy, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday last week.

The new owner of UK department store House of Fraser today promised a shake-up for Britain’s “boring” high street after buying the chain for £351m (€522.3m) this week.

Matalan boss John King was named chief executive of House of Fraser today after the department store chain changed hands in a £351m (€523.4m) deal.

TRADERS in Bandon have warned they would be fighting for survival if a proposed pilot one-way traffic system is introduced.

Fireworks and bonfires will endanger children’s safety over the next week. Irish Examiner reporters look at the measures being taken to prevent accidents.

DUST and stones began to fall on builders just moments before part of a listed Limerick building collapsed yesterday.

ON the six o’clock news as broadcast by RTÉ on Wednesday, July 30, the democratically elected leader of Fianna Fáil, Bertie Ahern, declared the following:

The case against three Englishmen charged with importing £14m worth of cannabis resin into the State has opened at Cork Circuit Criminal Court today.